Improvement in interfering-pads for horses



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WILLIAM H. HALL, or BowroN, AsSIeNou 'ro HinsuLr AND JOSEPH w. IuASKiNS, or cHAuLuSfrov/VN, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 111,740, dated February 14, 1871.,

IMPROVEMENT IN INTERFERING-PADS HORSES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesante.

To all 'whom it muy concern Be it known that l, W'ILLLAM H. HALL, ofBoston, in the countyof Su'olk and State ot' lllassachusetts, haveinvented an Improved interfering-Pad for Horses, of which the thllowingis a full, clear, and exact description reference being had to theaccompanying drawing making part ot' this specification, in which-Figure lis a planet' a horses' hoof with my improved intertering-pzulapplied thereto.

-Iivfure 2 is a plan of the under side of the same.

Figures 3 and 4 are views ot my improved interfering-pad detached.

Interfcring-pads for horses as heretofore made are objectionable for thereason thatit is difficult to keep them from turning around or slippingup on the hoof after being placed in position.

My invention has for its object to overcome these diliculties and toproduce au interfering-pad which can be readily applied to any hoot',without regard to its vsize or shape, can be adjusted into the exactposi` tion required after having been applied to the hoof, and whichafter being `adjusted will remain perinanent-ly in place; and

My invention consists in a tube or cushion com posed ot' l'ubber orother suitable elastic material, which rests against one side of thehoot", and is held in place by a wire extending longitudinally throughit and around the inner edge of' the shoe, and upon the opposite sideofthe hoot', the two ends ofthe wire being provided with eyes or loops,so as to admit' of ,their being drawn vtightly down upon the hoot` by astrap or thong of leather or piece ot' cord.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention,I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it out..

ln the said drawing- A is a tube or cushion, composed of rubber or othersuitable elast-ic material, which forms the interferingpad, within whichis placed a thick wire, L, which is annealed so'that it will set andretain the tube in any form into which it may be bent to conform to thecurve of the hooi- B, to which it is applied, as seen in iig. 1.

This wire b extends around one end of the shoe, and lies upon thebottoni of the hoot against the inner edge of the shoe, and then passesaround the othelyend of the slice and upon the side of the hoof oppositeto that to which the Vpad is applied.

Each end ot' the wire b is provided with an eye or loop, c, for thereception of a strap or thong of leather, d, tig. l', or piece ot' cord,so that, after the wire is sprung' into place, its ends may bc drawnfirmly down upon the hoof, and the pad A. thus secured immovably inplace.

A projecting portion, e, ot' the wire b fits under the shoe, but thisproiec-tion maybe dispensed with, it desired.

It will be seen that afl'erthe pad A is applied to the hoof, it may bereadily adjusted to the exact position required by sliding it on thewire b, Vafter which it is held securely and permanently in place bytightening' the strap,d,and all liability of the pad turning around orslipping up on the hoof is thus entirely avoided.

1f desired, that portion ot' the wircl) which extends around 'thc inneredge vot' the shoe may be covered .with rubber or other suitable elasticmaterial, as seen at C', fig. 4, thus forming a protector for excludingdirt and snow, similar to that described in Letters Patent of the-United States granted'to myself and Joseph W. Haskins, on the 8th day ofMarch, D. 1S70.

The peculiar construction of the abcie-described..v

interferingfpad enables it to be easily bent to litany hoof withoutregard to its size or shape, while it can be readily adjusted into theexact position required after being applied to the hoot', and thentightened and secured permanently in place, which `cannot be done withany other interfering-pad heretofore constrncted with which I aniacquainted.

Cla/iin.

-What I claim as ln y invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is f The within-described interfering-pad consisting of an elastic tubeor cushion, A, secured in place by a wire, 11, which passes through itlongitudinally and extends around the inner edge of the shoe and uponthe outside of the hooi, where it is fastened, substantially as setfort-h.

fitness my hand this 8th day otDeccmber, A. D.

WILLIAM H. HALL. Witnesses:

P. E. TESGHEMAQHER, W. J. CAMBmDes.

